Franjevački samostan Guča Gora. Knjižnica

Library of the Franciscan Monastery of Guča Gora. The Monastery and the Library, with its large number of manuscripts, were burned down by Tito's partisans on February 21, 1942, but the Library was rebuilt in 1957. However, during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1993, Muslim soldiers expelled the Franciscans from the Monastery and moved the Library to a nearby village. After the war, the friars returned the books to the Monastery, but the most valuable ones were missing (lexicons, valuable serial publications, etc.). With the help of other Franciscan libraries in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, as well as gifts from various European countries, the Library was "revived" and now contains around 17,000 titles, along with a large number of various periodicals. Its collection also holds around 10 manuscripts, created by the members of the monastery in the 19th century and Ottoman period.

HMML ID
178236900135
PURL
https://w3id.org/haf/organization/178236900135
LC name
Franjevački samostan u Gučoj Gori. Knjižnica
HMML name
Franjevački samostan Guča Gora. Knjižnica

Variants

  • FMGG
  • Franciscan Library of Guča Gora
  • Franciscan Monastery of Guča Gora. Library
  • Franjevački samostan Guča Gora. Knjižnica
  • Knjižnica Franjevačkog samostana Guča Gora

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Libraries
Centuries
19th century CE ● 20th century CE ● 21st century CE
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Citations
Communication from Walid Mourad and Fr. Davor Petrović, March 25, 2025.

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"Franjevački samostan Guča Gora. Knjižnica." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified March 27, 2025. https://w3id.org/haf/organization/178236900135

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Date added
2025-03-27
Last edited
2025-03-27

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